Improvement in ox-bow pins



Ulvrrnn rares A MEN@ WILLIAM VARNUM, OF SHARON, VERMONT, ASSIGNOR TOJAMES E. LARKIN AND HENRY O. VARNUM, OF SAME PLAGE.

IMPROVEMENT IN OXBOW PINS.

lSpecification forming part of Letters Patent No. 162,780, dated May 4,1875; application led August 13, 1874,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM VARNUM, of Sharon, State of Vermont, haveinvented an OX-Bow Pin, of which the following is a specieation:

The object of my invention is to greatly facilitate and simplify thefastening and unfastening of oir-bows within the yoke or shoulderpiece,and make them secure Awhen placed therein, which may be understood fromthe accompanying drawing and following description:

A is a round, straight pin, but tapered at one end, and flattened andwidened at the other, so as to form a handsome pad or hilt, B, on whichis erected a short standard, C, to

which is attached a semicireular spring, D, by a loop in the end of saidspring, the standard O aforesaid acting as a pivot therefor. Said pin Ais intended to go through a small hole near the end of the bow, and beheld firmly in place by said spring D, the free end of which is curvedfor convenience in elasping` and unelasping.

I claim as my invention- The pin A, with standard or pivot O thereon, incombination with a spring, D, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

WILLIAM VARNUM.

Witnesses:

C. A. WILLIAMSON, E. M. WILLIAMsoN.

